American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Death of Superman
The man of steel, the one who routinely saved the planet from the ravages of evil invaders,…
Monkeys, MacKinnon & Marriage
Twenty years ago, the U.S. Army directed me to help monkeys copulate. In order to carry out…
Mainline Churches: The Real Reason for Decline
America’s so-called mainline Protestant churches aren’t what they used to be. For generations on end, the Methodists,…
The Bible: Unexamined Commitments of Criticism
Ten years ago I had an experience that made me vividly aware of the two worlds with…
Generic Male, Endangered Gender?
“Just like a man!” The unspoken judgment trembled palpably on the airwaves as four powerful women—a television…
Social Ethics in a Post-Socialist World
The title of these observations contains two assumptions—that now is indeed a post-socialist era and that there…
The Providence of Books
“It is sometimes given to us, this lovely emptiness, and then the Holy Spirit can fill it…
Taking Dialogue Seriously
The Diversity of Religions: A Christian Perspective by j. a. dinoia, o.p. catholic university press, 200 pages,…
A Contested Legacy
John Courtney Murray and the American Civil Conversation edited by robert p. hunt and kenneth l. grasso…
Taking Fundamentalism Seriously
Fundamentalisms Observed edited by martin e. marty and r. scott appleby university of chicago press, 872 pages,…
Niebuhr the Teacher
Professor Reinhold Niebuhr: A Mentor to the Twentieth Century by ronald h. stone westminster/john knox press, 284…
The Use and Abuse of Freud
Freudian Fraud: The Malignant Effect of Freud’s Theory on American Thought and Culture by e. fuller torrey,…
Intense Transforming Care: On the Way Back
Slowly: out of that sleep that numbs the knife edge, I come home to a various world,…
When Shepherds Are Sheep
A Flock of Shepherds: The National Conference of Catholic Bishops by Thomas J. Reese Sheed & Ward,…
Tokyo Rain
With our cameras and crumpled clothes we wait for the bus. We rush to each “beauty spot”…
